
“812. Argument seldom convinces any one contrary to his Inclinations.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Of Anger.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections
“812. Argument seldom convinces any one contrary to his Inclinations.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess (1979)
Ex-Irish Taoiseach Haughey dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3001775.stm (BBC News online)
In a television documentary in the 1980s.
“Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune.”
Res secundæ valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est.
X, 1, 40.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book X
“It is unfortunate that a good talent and a good man seldom come together.”
Es ist ein Unglück, daß ein braves Talent und ein braver Mann so selten zusammen kommen!
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 25.
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. ”
“Good and great are seldom in the same man.”
“A good time is seldom had by all.”
Featherisms (2008)
“anger cancels good judgement!”
Source: Midnight